Best Literary Fiction of 2018

by Naima Coster

Absorbing and alive, the kind of novel that swallows you whole. Full review >

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by Lauren Groff

A literary tour de force of precariousness set in a blistering place, a state shaped like a gun. Full review >

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by Eduardo Halfon ; translated by Lisa Dillman & Daniel Hahn

In this follow-up to The Polish Boxer (2012) and Monastery (2014), Halfon constructs a kind of postmodern memorial to his... Full review >

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by Lisa Halliday

A singularly conceived graft of one narrative upon another; what grows out of these conjoined stories is a beautiful... Full review >

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by Brandon Hobson

A masterly tale of life and death, hopes and fears, secrets and lies. Full review >

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by Ling Ma

Smart, funny, humane, and superbly well-written. Full review >

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by Rebecca Makkai

As compulsively readable as it is thoughtful and moving: an unbeatable fictional combination. Full review >

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by Nafissa Thompson-Spires

In an era when writers of color are broadening the space in which class and culture as well as race are examined,... Full review >

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by Katie Williams

With its clever, compelling vision of the future, deeply human characters, and delightfully unpredictable story, this novel... Full review >

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by Meg Wolitzer

The perfect feminist blockbuster for our times. Full review >

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